Sawdon railway station

Sawdon railway station was situated on the North Eastern Railway's Pickering to Seamer branch line in North Yorkshire, England. It served the village of Brompton-by-Sawdon and to a lesser extent Sawdon itself. The station was named Sawdon to distinguish it from an existing station called Brompton (on the Leeds Northern Railway), near Northallerton, also in North Yorkshire.[1][2] The station opened to passenger traffic on 1 May 1882, and the last trains ran on 3 June 1950.[3] Sawdon was furnished with one platform, which had the station building on the northern side of the running line, and a small goods yard beyond the station building with an east facing connection to the main railway line.[4] The goods yard had a crane capable of lifting 1-tonne (1.1-ton), and was equipped to handle a variety of goods including live stock.[5]

Sawdon
The former station at Sawdon
General information
LocationBrompton-by-Sawdon, Scarborough
England
Coordinates54.222360°N 0.549250°W / 54.222360; -0.549250
Grid referenceSE946817
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1882opened
1950closed

The station has been restored completely, as holiday accommodation.[6]

References
  1. Hoole, K. (1983). Railways of the North York Moors : a pictorial history. Clapham: Dalesman. p. 7. ISBN 0-85206-731-3.
  2. Dickinson, J. (1977). "Temporary light railways on Brompton & Wykeham Moors 1915-1920". Transactions of the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society. Scarborough: Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society (20): 23. ISSN 1474-1229. OCLC 2324885.
  3. Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 186. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  4. Lidster, J. Robin (2014). Scarborough to Pickering Railway through time featuring the Forge Valley line. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1445618272.
  5. The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1970. p. 478. ISBN 0715351206.
  6. Lidster, J. Robin (2014). Scarborough to Pickering Railway through time featuring the Forge Valley line. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1445618272.
  • Bairstow, Martin (1998). Railways Around Whitby Volume One. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-87194-417-1.
  • Lidster, J. Robin (1986). The Forge Valley Line – A Railway Between Pickering And Scarborough. Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-86067-103-8.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wykeham   Forge Valley Line   Snainton


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